Flag
Raising
Kyra Markham (1891-1967)
Flag Raising on Leroy St.
Lithograph, 1942
Prints & Photographs
Division
Gift of Ben and Beatrice Goldstein
Foundation, 1999 (73.7)
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During World War II, Kyra Markham and many other artists in the
United States contributed to the war effort by creating images that
stirred patriotic sentiments and feelings of contentment toward
life in America. Born Elaine Hyman, Markham quit high school at
age sixteen to attend the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1916 she
joined the Provincetown Players theatrical troupe in Massachusetts
and supplemented her acting income by painting murals and working
as an illustrator. In 1930 Markham studied at the Arts Students
League in New York, later enrolling in the New Deal-sponsored Federal
Arts Project.
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